Know How... 86

Learn how to prank your network friends and go back to the future to upgrade your Mac.

To configure Windows 7:

1. "Start"
2. "Control Panel"
3. "Network and Sharing Center"
4. Click "Local Area Connection" (You'll get a popup window for "Local Area Connection Status".)
5. Click "Properties"
6. Select "Internet Protocol Version 4"
7. Click "Properties"
8. Enable - "Use the following DNS server addresses:"
9. Enter your two favorite DNS servers
10. "ok"
11. "close"
12. "close"

To configure Mac OS X:

1. "System Preferences"
2. "Network"
3. Select the connection that you want to configure
4. "Advanced"
5. Choose the "DNS" tab
6. Click the "+" sign at the bottom of the "DNS Servers:" box
7. Enter your 3rd Part DNS server settings
8. "OK"
9. "Apply"

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